Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Finance and Industry Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum has inaugurated Ajmal Perfumes' new 30 million Emirati dirham ($8.1 million) manufacturing facility in Al-Quoz industrial area, Dubai.
The company's new 147,000-square foot facility includes a Research and Development (R&D) wing, manufacturing units, and an automated packaging wing. Of the total investment, Ajmal has invested approximately five million dirhams into its R&D unit. Besides blending and testing, R&D must ensure fragrances meet Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) criteria, the region's international quality authority.
Ajmal's new plant, equipped with the latest European technology for key processes such as blending, filling and packaging will have a production capacity of 50,000 bottles of fragrance per day. Output has been growing at 25 percent a year, necessitating the investment in a new manufacturing facility resulting in a 300 percent rise in production capacity.
Ajmal is a regional corporate entity with a portfolio of oriental and western fragrances available in the region. The company has established a strong presence in the Middle East with 60 exclusive retail outlets, including 24 in the UAE, and hundreds of dealerships across the Middle East the region. — (menareport.com)
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